Easy Instant Pot Scalloped Potatoes

Here is an easy Instant Pot scalloped potatoes recipe you can use as the perfect cheesy side dish for the holidays or year round with dinner. Make in your Ninja Foodi or Crockpot Express pot sliced or steam petite potatoes with our sauce at the end and enjoy that way.

The holidays are approaching and we’ve been working on a lot of easy Instant Pot recipes around here to serve along side your main dish! These Instant Pot scalloped potatoes are always a must during Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner. (updated 1/20, affiliate links present)

Ninja Foodi Scalloped Potatoes

A quick and easy potato dish with layers upon layers of cheesy goodness. Making it this way you’ll be able to free up your oven by cooking them in your multi cooker pressure cooker this year. 😉 Make it in your IP, Crockpot Express or Ninja Foodi too.

Since there are so many goodies we even created a post on Instant Pot Thanksgiving recipes which applies to Christmas Day as well and has all our recipes for the holidays there, including this one.

Instant Pot scalloped potatoes

So we call these Instant Pot scalloped potatoes but you might know them as au gratin potatoes, same difference really. You can make this for the holidays or add diced leftovers in it after that day to make a ham and potatoes dish.

• This 1.5 quart glass bowl – if you have an 8 quart you could use a bit larger bowl
• Sliced potatoes – we like Yellow Gold yellow potatoes, they have a more buttery flavor
• Butter
• Cheddar cheese – to make cheese sauce, lots of it, any variety but I would include at least half of it being sharp cheddar
• Chicken broth – don’t skip and use water, this is much better
• Flour
• Salt and pepper
• Whole fat milk – way better than reduced fat

This does need to be a pot in pot dish to turn out right and not burn on the bottom. If you want to make slow cooker scalloped potatoes we have that too but it takes a lot longer, take your pick.

Pressure cooker scalloped potatoes

Why I love cooking in my pressure cooker

• During the holidays the oven is always full, usually too full to allow everything to get done at the same time, using your Instant Pot to cook 1 or more dishes frees your oven up
• Some of your favorite Thanksgiving sides now can be cooked and kept warm for quite some time in your Instant Pot. Just set it on warm when it’s done and take out when everything is ready

AND many main dishes can be cooked in a fraction of the time like we did with this Instant Pot ham recently.

Cheesy Potatoes in Instant Pot

See…..gooey and cheesy when it’s done just like you love them! Now there are a few ways to brown these on top.

1. For Instant Pots you can buy a CrispLid which turns your Instant Pot into an air fryer. Then just set to 400 for a few minutes.
2. If you’re making Ninja Foodi scalloped potatoes you can just use your crisp lid.
3. Keep the contents in your oven safe dish, then put under your broiler for a few minutes to brown the top.

Just cut the potatoes pretty thin and you’re going to layer the roux you’re going to make with half your cheese, then remaining cheese goes on the very top.

Cooking timing works well with Yukon Gold potatoes, russet may take a wee bit longer. Quick release is not best as you want potatoes to be very tender. 

• Once the pot comes to pressure it will only take 4 minutes of cook time, and 10 min. natural release.

Scalloped Potatoes in Ninja Foodi

After you try these, or if you’re looking for more Instant Pot Thanksgiving side dishes we have some more!

1. Instant Pot stuffing 
2. The best Instant Pot cranberry sauce – seriously cooks in 1 minute
3. Holiday Instant Pot corn casserole – comes out so pretty in a bundt too!
4. Try this Instant Pot cheesecake for dessert

Add an additional 1/2 cup of cheese on top before you brown it to create a really ooey gooey dish. Here’s the printable recipe for Instant Pot au gratin potatoes.